Rep. Keith Ellison said that none of his colleagues ever asked him about his connections with controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as he campaigned to take over as the lead sponsor of a single-payer health care bill, ripping the media for focusing on "This Farrakhan thing."
Ellison told the Washington Post none of his colleagues voiced concerns about the Farrakhan story as he campaigned to lead the effort on the bill, which is popular with the left.
"None of my colleagues ever asked me about that, only reporters," Ellison said.
Ellison defended Farrakhan in some of his writings in the 1980s and 1990s before later distancing himself and expressing regret for his prior activities when he first ran for Congress in 2006.
In an anti-Semitic rant last month, Farrakhan called out Ellison, saying "The Jews" made Ellison apologize for his prior membership in the Nation of Islam in order to let him run for Congress.
Ellison has reacted with hostility to media questions about Farrakhan, telling CNN in February there was "No relationship" and that the story was a "Smear" by his political opponents.
Ellison isn't the only liberal figure facing questions about his connections to Farrakhan.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/ellison-says-his-democratic-colleagues-never-asked-him-about-farrakhan-connection-no-one-cares/
Ellison told the Washington Post none of his colleagues voiced concerns about the Farrakhan story as he campaigned to lead the effort on the bill, which is popular with the left.
"None of my colleagues ever asked me about that, only reporters," Ellison said.
Ellison defended Farrakhan in some of his writings in the 1980s and 1990s before later distancing himself and expressing regret for his prior activities when he first ran for Congress in 2006.
In an anti-Semitic rant last month, Farrakhan called out Ellison, saying "The Jews" made Ellison apologize for his prior membership in the Nation of Islam in order to let him run for Congress.
Ellison has reacted with hostility to media questions about Farrakhan, telling CNN in February there was "No relationship" and that the story was a "Smear" by his political opponents.
Ellison isn't the only liberal figure facing questions about his connections to Farrakhan.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/ellison-says-his-democratic-colleagues-never-asked-him-about-farrakhan-connection-no-one-cares/
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